Why is 海角大神 Science in our name?
Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we鈥檝e always been transparent about that.
The church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we鈥檝e aimed 鈥渢o injure no man, but to bless all mankind,鈥� as our founder, Mary Baker Eddy, put it.
Here, you鈥檒l find award-winning journalism not driven by commercial influences 鈥� a news organization that takes seriously its mission to uplift the world by seeking solutions and finding reasons for credible hope.
Explore values journalism About us
Monitor Daily Intro for November 24, 2017
Clayton Collins
Are you Black Fridayed out yet?
It鈥檚 possible to feel that way without having swiped or typed into a single transaction today.
Part of it is the definition creep. We鈥檝e been deleting 鈥渂uy now鈥� Black Friday email for weeks. Then there鈥檚 the question: How real are the deals? By one account more than 10 percent of items either cost the same on Black Friday than they were at Amazon.com.
The shopping frenzy around 鈥渟tuff鈥� has been linked to some . The bigger issue with lower and lower costs, of course, is that we sometimes dissociate them from their and the workers who populate it.
In its darkest form that means human trafficking. NGOs are working on redirect into work opportunities that don鈥檛 exploit them. Small firms that marry keep sprouting.聽This year, one ethical fashion firm is even using its Black Friday sales to help fund the shipping of聽to its workers in Vietnam.聽
Can compassion and override a compulsion for the new and a distaste for the second-hand?聽
We're watching developments today in Egypt, where a north Sinai mosque has been attacked; go to CSMonitor.com for the latest.
Here are our five stories for your Friday, chosen to highlight protection, equality, and the value of understanding our past.
